Disabilities
Special education provides instruction and support tailored to learners with disabilities and special educational needs.
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Scope
It covers the identification and assessment of disabilities, individualized instruction, inclusion and least-restrictive environment, and special-education policy.
Sub-topics
- Mild Disabilities
- Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
- Adventitious Impairments
- Congenital Impairments
- Accessibility (for Disabled)
- Mainstreaming
- Alzheimers Disease
- Neurological Impairments
- American Sign Language
- Sign Language
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Hyperactivity
- Aphasia
- Language Impairments
- Communication Disorders
- Dyslexia
- Perceptual Impairments
- Speech Impairments
- Developmental Disabilities
- Intellectual Disability
- Learning Disabilities
- Articulation Impairments
- Speech Therapy
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Normalization (Disabilities)
- Attitudes toward Disabilities
- Visual Impairments
- Hearing Impairments
- Hearing Therapy
- Speech Language Pathology
- Daily Living Skills
- Blindness
- Braille
- Deaf Blind
- Partial Vision
- Tactile Adaptation
- Head Injuries
- Residential Care
- Respite Care
- Cerebral Palsy
- Multiple Disabilities
- Disabilities
- Assistive Technology
- Deaf Interpreting
- Physical Mobility
- Students with Disabilities
- Severity (of Disability)
- Oral Communication Method
- Community Based Instruction (Disabilities)
- Group Homes
- Institutionalized Persons
- Disability Identification
- Lipreading
- Travel Training
- Deafness
- Severe Disabilities
- Individualized Family Service Plans
- Epilepsy
- Gifted Disabled
- Parents with Disabilities
- Sheltered Workshops
- Special Education Teachers
- Adapted Physical Education
- Special Education
- Slow Learners
- Seizures
- Homebound
- Large Type Materials
Core questions
- How should learners with disabilities be educated?
- How are special educational needs identified?
- Should students be included in mainstream settings?
- How can instruction be individualized?
Key concepts
- Special educational needs
- Inclusion
- Individualized education
- Least restrictive environment
- Disability
- Mainstreaming
Key theories
- Educability of all learners
- Itard's work with the 'wild boy of Aveyron' established that those once deemed uneducable could learn.
- Critique of segregation
- Dunn questioned segregated special classes, helping spur the inclusion movement.
- Special educational needs
- The Warnock Report reframed disability as a continuum of educational needs, shaping policy.
History
Special education developed from early educability demonstrations (Itard, Séguin) to mid-century critiques of segregation (Dunn) and the inclusion movement, codified in special-needs policy (Warnock) and rights legislation.
Debates
- Inclusion versus specialized placement
- Whether learners with disabilities are best served in mainstream or specialized settings.
Key figures
- Jean Itard
- Lloyd Dunn
- Mary Warnock
Related topics
Seminal works
- itard-1801
- dunn-1968
- warnock-1978
Frequently asked questions
- What is inclusion in special education?
- The practice of educating students with disabilities alongside peers in mainstream settings, with appropriate support.